Sunday, June 20, 2010
I survived!
I did my first run of week 2 today. I guess I'm changing my running days to probably Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. I didn't mind it much until I got to interval 5. My legs started getting tired then, but I pushed through it. I really had to force myself to continue for interval 6. I decided to count to 90 while I ran because I figured it would help knowing roughly how much longer I had. Didn't work too well. I found that made it feel longer since I knew how much more I had to count. LOL. I'm sure it will just keep getting easier. I stopped on the way back (I was already passt my 5 min cool down walk anyway) to pick some lupins for Ceilidh. She wanted me to go the other way so I could get her flowers, but I figured I would find some going my regular way, and I did only 3 driveways away. I have to re-judge myself to see how far I am running. Since I started the new week with different amounts of running, I can not use my old turning points. This time I ran just past my regular turning driveway (until I finished run 3), then ran straight past my road and went to the first driveway in the other direction (until I almost finished interval 4). I turned before I finished the 4th interval (still running tho), since some steep hills and sharp turns were coming up and I didn't want to be running around the turns and hills and have cars not see me. I ended up having to run up a hill tho since I was still running when I turned around. I need to get a monitor that will tell me distance (I'm assuming those exsist). I am really curious to see how far I am going and if I am really improving as I go.
3 comments:
Yay...WTG...I was chatting with my running friend today cuz I mentioned for my last 3 minute run I was counting down the seconds. He said NEVER watch the clock or count. You will drive yourself CRAZY and it will make it seem longer. But what a nice way to end your run, picking flowers :-)
My app is great, it tells me when I reach the halfway point, so I usually turn around after the next interval is finished, when I am on the trial. When I go around the neighbourhood, I just keep doing loops.
You can get a GPS monitor, but those can be rather pricy. I was checking one at Costco and it is $160. Have you tried the website I posted earlier this month - mapmyrun.com. I believe you can actually type in addresses. It works great for Hali (I can actually make out my apartment building). You can measure the old fashioned way - drive and use your odometer (hehehe - old fashioned way).
I have tried map my run, but it has 784 before 600something. LOL. So it's not exactly accurate. LOL.
One way to see if you're improving is if you need the same amount of recovery time between runs. Also not getting too tired when you are running. mapmyrun.com will give you at least a ballpark though...or should, lol when I'm done my cool down...sometimes I sit by the river and throw rocks in it. It's peaceful!
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